The Atkins Nutritional Approach, popularly known as the Atkins Diet or just Atkins, is the most marketed and well-known low-carbohydrate diet. It was adapted by Dr. Robert Atkins in the 1960s from a diet he read in the Journal of the American Medical Association and utilized to resolve his own overweight condition following medical school and graduate medical training. After successfully treating over ten thousand patients, he popularized the Atkins diet in a series of books, starting with Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution in 1972. In his revised book, Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, Atkins updated some of his ideas, but remained faithful to the original concepts.The Atkins franchise, a business formed to provide products to those individuals on the diet, has been highly successful due to the popularity of the diet, and is considered the iconic and driving entity of the larger "low-carb craze". However, various factors have led to its dwindling success and the company founded by Dr. Atkins in 1989, Atkins Nutritionals of Ronkonkoma, New York, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July of 2005, two years after the death of Dr. Atkins. The company re-emerged in January 2006, and the Atkins logo is still highly visible through licensed-proprietary branding for food products and related merchandise.

Adkins delight at shock win (Soccer365)

Scunthorpe boss Nigel Adkins could not hide his delight after his side shocked Charlton 1-0 at Glanford Park to boost their own survival bid.

Iron spirit delights Adkins (Footy Mad)

Scunthorpe United boss Nigel Adkins hailed the efforts of his players after they sealed a first win in six league games by seeing off Charlton Athletic 1-0 at Glanford Park.

Adkins stresses filing in advance for veterans benefits to avoid ‘red tape’ (Cumberland Times-News)

GRANTSVILLE — “I’m here to let veterans in Western Maryland know they haven’t been forgotten,” Jim Adkins, secretary of the Maryland Department of Veteran Affairs, said to a small group of veterans gathered at American Legion Post 214.

Charter schools could get scrutiny (Portland Tribune)

Members of the Portland school board last week continued waging their fight against charter schools, and charter school organizers are none too happy about it. In a charter school subcommittee meeting Tuesday, board members Ruth Adkins, Trudy Sargent and Bobbie Regan requested that district staff ...

Adkins- "Horsfield was massive for us" (Iron-Bru.net)

Nigel Adkins reserved praise for veteran loanee Geoff Horsefield as he guided United to their first home victory for 12 games.